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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the boy feel about joining the villagers?
(a) He is grateful for their attitude about his mother.
(b) He decides to wait and see.
(c) He joins their fun.
(d) He is too afraid to join them.

2. To whom is John Aycliffe talking?
(a) A man the boy does not know.
(b) Father Quinel.
(c) Lord Furnival.
(d) Jamie.

3. What does the boy realize about the village?
(a) The people in it loved his mother.
(b) The people in it are religious.
(c) He is no longer safe there.
(d) The village is too small for him.

4. What is the village Bear and Crispin reach?
(a) Briarcot.
(b) Letton.
(c) Wexler.
(d) Lodgecot.

5. What does the man do when Crispin answers him?
(a) Grabs him.
(b) Laughs at him.
(c) Slaps him in the face.
(d) Pushes him into a chair.

6. What does Crispin decide to do after he escapes his village?
(a) Talk to the king.
(b) Go to another country.
(c) Go to the big city.
(d) Go to his father.

7. How does Crispin feel about being on his own?
(a) Happy.
(b) Confident.
(c) Tired and frightened.
(d) Excited but wary.

8. How does Bear feel about the laws in the country about animals?
(a) He is indifferent to them.
(b) He does not know what they are.
(c) He resents them
(d) He feels they are reasonable.

9. What is the name of the village where the boy lives?
(a) Victoria.
(b) Wexley-on-Avon.
(c) Blystown.
(d) Stromford.

10. What is distinguishing about the person Crispin sees?
(a) They have no clothes on.
(b) He has a bushy red beard.
(c) The woman is shaking the child and crying.
(d) He is carrying a poleaxe.

11. What does Bear begin teaching Crispin the second morning they are together?
(a) How to build a fire.
(b) How to kill a squirrel.
(c) An instrument.
(d) How to play cards.

12. Why is Bear shocked?
(a) That someone killed Crispin's mother.
(b) That the monk would swear.
(c) That someone killed John Aycliffe.
(d) That the villagers are still following Crispin.

13. What does Crispin assume about his father?
(a) That he probably raped his mother.
(b) That he is a criminal.
(c) That he did not want Crispin's mother.
(d) That he is dead.

14. From where is the noise Crispin hear coming?
(a) The south road.
(b) The town hall.
(c) The church.
(d) The forest.

15. Where does Crispin head after he crosses the stream?
(a) East to Perkville.
(b) Across the moors.
(c) Up into the mountains.
(d) South through the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aycliffe do when he sees the boy?

2. Who does Crispin see ride past towards the south?

3. What does Bear do when they stop for the night?

4. What does Bear want Crispin to do the next morning?

5. What does Crispin do when he lies beside the road?

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